keep dreaming. KD is coming and Dylan Harper ain't
no problem. But I highly doubt I will be the one catching it.
Well that's the problem that all teams have, including OKC starting this year. But you max Wemby and then you evaluate if the other guys are worthy of max contracts. If they are, then that's a good problem to have and you keep Castle and Harper and trade Fox and possibly get a draft pick and a cheaper player that can contribute.
I'm not liking what I am hearing that the Spurs are looking to trade the number 2 pick. They better not think they're smarter than they are. What a stupid move that would be. No idea what would even be a good haul for that pick? What could they get that would make up trading that pick? Not even future picks could be as good as what would be the number 1 pick in some of the previous drafts. This pick just fell into their laps. Don't be stupid about this Spurs. DO NOT DO IT.
Why they want to pass up best pick available in that scenario which would be a number 1 pick in some of the previous drafts.
Sixers called about the pick ≠ Spurs are trying to get rid of the pick.
76ers can engage in phone calls with Spurs all they want. It doesn't mean that the Spurs are considering any of their offers. Any GM will listen, but there are not any players the Spurs want on the 76ers and certainly makes no sense to trade down from a player with the skill set to be an all-NBA player for guys with more question marks.
This is the stupidest thing I've heard. Getting KD and trading the number 2 pick. What in the F#$% are the Spurs thinking. Get an older KD and draft Harper, OK, but get an older KD and trade the number 2 pick - NOT OK.
Don Harris just posted a sitdown video with Holt about the new arena and then tweeted Spurs are guaranteed to take Harper. (I can't be bothered to embed tweets with spurstalk being on it's deathbed.)
What now?
You have to realize these people just farm engagement and noone knows .
Trading down from a guaranteed prospect like Harper goes against absolutely everything Spurs have done for 30 years, especially since Harper happens to be a point guard Wright has been dreaming of ever since he took over.
This isn't what the Spurs are thinking though. We don't know what they think.
This is an amalgamation of reports from Gambo (known Suns FO mouthpiece), KOC (known idiot) and Amico (known bull ter), among others.
I can guarantee you that there are 28 teams calling the Spurs right now. From the Spurs perspective, this means nothing, just other teams doing their due diligence.
[fill in each of the other NBA teams not named Mavericks] have engaged the Spurs in discussions about the #2 pick.
Sam Amico has made a living being mistaken for Sam Amick, a guy that sometimes gets something right.
So is Sam Amico not usually right at all and Sam Amick sometimes gets things right?
You'd have to be disabled to not pick up the phone when others call, especially if it's the sixers.
Just relax and wait for draft night. No need to tie yourself up in knots over things that are unlikely to happen.
Here’s what I see happening on draft night:
Spurs draft and keep Harper with #2
Spurs move #14, Vassell, and some other contracts to PHO for KD
That’s it, the most Spurs draft night,ever.
People are always trying to stir up by picking at perceived flaws. There were people in 97 saying that SA already had a 7 footer, and should trade the rights to Duncan. There were people saying that Detroit shouldn’t select Dumars in the draft, because they already had Isaiah Thomas. Here’s the thing: ignore those people. Both of the above scenarios resulted in multiple championships. You draft the ing high end talent,and you ing figure out how to make it work.
That is the way I see our Draft night ending up. The only way I see the Spurs trading away #2 pick is for a Giannis trade.
I'm betting at this point that Durant is not going to happen and he'll go to Houston or wherever.
Harper 100% is a Spur.
50/50 or such whether the Spurs move up with the 14 or take it.
Or maybe move back, I guess. 50/50/50 lol.
Jeff McDonald on the Spurs Insider podcast seemed confident the Spurs take Harper at #2 and almost called it a lock. Mike Finger on the podcast wouldn’t go that far but seemed fairly confident the Spurs keep #2 and draft Harper.
Has to be third team involved if spurs were to trade with sixers
TBH, Durant will pick his team and the Suns will get as much assets as they can under the cir stances. If Durant wants to come to SA, then it's a done deal. If not, then he'll go somewhere else and the Spurs can shop around the league for another shooter.
I'm not sure I agree with this. Durant wants to be compe ive but wants his money. Imo he'll be more than fine going to Houston. It's all about that extension.
An interesting aspect to me is whether PHO would “dare” to ship KD somewhere he did not prefer.
IRL central/centel
of course they would, but the real question is if a team is willing to pull a Toronto and trade for a player knowing he has a foot out the door
Probably something like this...
Hey Kev we have assets lined up to send you to Houston and they will extend you.
Okay.
Spurs have the money to pay Durant and he would have more talented teammates in Houston. I think he wants San Antonio and I'm sure the Spurs would extend him if he came here otherwise the 14th pick and Vassell definitely would not be on the table for a one-year rental.
I mean he would have more talented teammates in SA than Houston. Wemby and Fox should be enough, not to mention Castle and Harper being other talent he would probably want to play with and he's down the street from UT and likely plays a few games in Austin for good measure.
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